Executive Profile*

Richard G. Reiten

Former Director, Chairman of Governance Committee, Member of Finance Committee, Member of Public Affairs & Environmental Policy Committee and Member of Strategic Planning Committee, Northwest Natural Gas Company

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This person is connected to 27 board members in 2 different organizations across 10 different industries.

Background*

Mr. Richard G. Reiten served as the Chief Executive Officer at Northwest Natural Gas Co., (a distributor of natural gas Company) from January 1997 serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive officer at Northwest Energy Corporationto December 31, 2002 and also its President and Chief Operating Officer from January 1996 to May 2001. Mr. Reiten has impressive credentials and experience as a leader with other Northwest energy companies. He joined Northwest Natural Gas Co. ... from 1992 to 1995. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Portland General Electric Company (PGE). He served as the President of PGE's parent company, Portland General Corp. (PGC) from 1989 to 1992. Prior to his tenure at NW Natural, he also held top management positions at the Building Materials Group of DiGiorgio Corp. in San Francisco, California; Nicolai Company, a Portland, Oregon based manufacturer of veneer and residential doors and the Oregon Economic Development Department. He served as Chairman of Northwest Natural Gas Co. from September 2000 to March 1, 2005 and again from December 14, 2006 to May 22, 2008. He serves as Vice Chairman of The Nature Conservancy of Oregon and on the Board of the United Way. He served as a Director of Building Materials Holding Corp., from 2001 to March 20, 2009. He has been a Director of IDACORP Technologies Inc. since 2004. He served as a Director of National Fuel Gas Company from December 9, 2004 to March 7, 2013. He served as a Director of US BanCorp. (DE) from 1998 to April 2012. He served as Director of IDACorp, Inc. and also its subsidiary, Idaho Power Company, from January 15, 2004 to May 17, 2012. He served as a Director at Northwest Natural Gas Co. from March 1, 1996 to May 22, 2008. He served as a Director of Regence Group and ESCO Corporation. He served as a Director of PGC from 1983 to 1987 and from 1990 to 1995 when he retired from PGE. He served on the boards of PGE, Portland General Corp. and DiGiorgio Corp. He served as a Director of Associated Electric and Gas Insurance Services Ltd. (AEGIS), since 1997. He served as a Director of BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon since 1995. He is also a member of the Board of The Nature Conservancy of Oregon, Portland Art Museum and the Oregon Business Council. He was a General Chairman of the United Way campaign for Portland and past Chairman of both the Portland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the Association for Portland Progress. He served as a Ex Officio Director of American Gas Association. He served on the Boards of the Pacific Coast Gas Association and the Northwest Gas Association. Mr. Reiten holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington and has completed the Executive and Board of Directors programs at the Stanford School of Business.

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